Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sex / Region_ITL2 / Responsibility_level_grouped / Region_ITL1

Status Year Sex Region_ITL2 Responsibility_level_grouped Region_ITL1 Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 Female Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire AA/AO East of England 705 620 25220 24480
In post 2023 Female Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire EO East of England 860 765 29920 30120
In post 2023 Female Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire G6/G7 East of England 250 235 61640 60050
In post 2023 Female Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire SCS level East of England 20 20 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Female Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire SEO/HEO East of England 575 545 39750 38680
In post 2023 Female Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Unknown East of England 360 335 30290 29050
In post 2023 Female Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire AA/AO South East (England) 1400 1260 25210 23920
In post 2023 Female Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire EO South East (England) 1245 1145 29750 28540
In post 2023 Female Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire G6/G7 South East (England) 385 355 61560 58820
In post 2023 Female Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire SCS level South East (England) 30 25 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Female Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire SEO/HEO South East (England) 1270 1200 38540 37420
In post 2023 Female Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Unknown South East (England) 485 455 30950 29050
In post 2023 Female Cheshire AA/AO North West (England) 760 665 24650 22330
In post 2023 Female Cheshire EO North West (England) 730 670 30610 28480
In post 2023 Female Cheshire G6/G7 North West (England) 205 195 58450 57640
In post 2023 Female Cheshire SCS level North West (England) 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Female Cheshire SEO/HEO North West (England) 580 550 39320 38640
In post 2023 Female Cheshire Unknown North West (England) 290 270 29300 26840
In post 2023 Female Cornwall and Isles of Scilly AA/AO South West (England) 360 300 21770 21690
In post 2023 Female Cornwall and Isles of Scilly EO South West (England) 325 285 27950 28120
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Notes: Summary figures are suppressed when information relates to less than 5 civil servants for FTE or Headcount, and less than 10 civil servants for median and mean salary (shown as [c]). Zero responses and salaries for less than 30 civil servants have been suppressed for GPDR special category data. FTE figures are not shown for entrants or leavers due to data quality concerns for these groups. Figures are rounded to the nearest 5, or £10 as appropriate.

Data source: All figures are aggregated from the Cabinet Office Annual Civil Service Employment Survey collection.

Version: Generated on 2023-07-27, with GIT d545f65.

Data column Description
Status Employment status of the civil servants.
In post - includes staff that were in post on the reference date (31 March).
New entrant CS - includes new entrants to the Civil Service over the year (1 April to 31 March).
Leaver CS - includes leavers from the Civil Service over the year (1 April to 31 March). This includes employees who have an Unknown leaving cause.
Leaver Dept. - includes leavers from the department over the year (1 April to 31 March), who did not leave the Civil Service.
Four organisations do not report when their employees first entered the Civil Service and so entrants data for these organisations is not available . These are as follows: Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (excl. agencies), Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office Services, Scottish Forestry and Forest and Land Scotland. A further three organisations also could not provide entrants data in 2021. These are as follows: Department for International Development, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (excl. agencies) and Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
Year Year of data collection (as at 31 March).
Responsibility_level_grouped With the exception of the centrally managed Senior Civil Service, government departments have delegated pay and grading. For statistical purposes departments are asked to map their grades to a common framework by responsibility level.
This table shows staff in their substantive responsibility level unless on temporary promotion in which case staff are recorded at the higher responsibility level.
Responsibility_level_grouped combines the mapped grades into five broad responsibility levels. This is the headline measure for responsibility level for the Civil Service and is consistent with the published National Statistics.
Region_ITL1 Workplace postcode data are used to derive geographical information using the International Territorial Level (ITL) classification standard.
Following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, a new UK-managed international statistical geography - International Territorial Levels (ITL) - was introduced from 1st January 2021, replacing the former NUTS classification. They align with international standards, enabling comparability both over time and internationally. To ensure continued alignment, the ITLs mirror the NUTS system. They also follow a similar review timetable - every three years.
ITL 1 divides into Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and the 9 statistical regions of England.
Region_ITL2 Workplace postcode data are used to derive geographical information using the International Territorial Level (ITL) classification standard.
Following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, a new UK-managed international statistical geography - International Territorial Levels (ITL) - was introduced from 1st January 2021, replacing the former NUTS classification. They align with international standards, enabling comparability both over time and internationally. To ensure continued alignment, the ITLs mirror the NUTS system. They also follow a similar review timetable - every three years.
ITL 2 divides into Northern Ireland, counties in England (most grouped), groups of districts in Greater London, groups of unitary authorities in Wales, groups of council areas in Scotland.
Sex Self reported sex.
"Unknown" accounts for employees who were recorded with an unknown sex.
Headcount Total number of civil servants (rounded to nearest 5).
FTE Total full-time equivalent (FTE) employment numbers (rounded to nearest 5).
FTE figures are not shown for entrants or leavers due to data quality concerns for these groups.
Mean_salary Average salary (mean, rounded to nearest £10). For part-time employees, salaries represent the full-time equivalent earnings, while for full-time employees they are the actual annual gross salaries.
These figures should be interpreted with caution when the total number of employees in a group is small, as they will tend to show more variability than larger groups (i.e. may be much higher or lower than can be explained by the data shown).
Median_salary Median salary (rounded to nearest £10). For part-time employees, salaries represent the full-time equivalent earnings, while for full-time employees they are the actual annual gross salaries.
These figures should be interpreted with caution when the total number of employees in a group is small, as they will tend to show more variability than larger groups (i.e. may be much higher or lower than can be explained by the data shown).